31.   Other analysts were even more cautious about predicting any major boost to U.S. Bioscience.

32.   Rasmussen, unfortunately, also explodes a popular hope by women -- that building muscle provides a major boost in calorie burning even when the exerciser is at rest.

33.   Rookie righthander Roy Oswalt, who provided a major boost to the Astros this season, was saddened at not being able to start in the postseason.

34.   Smulyan hired a private plane for road trips, bought concert tickets for players and staff members and gave morale throughout the organization a major boost.

35.   Smith gave them a major boost by trading for Reichel, seizing on what he could tell was an upward momentum already started by the team.

36.   That could give the new unit a major boost, considering the rising popularity of NT.

37.   That, in turn, has been a major boost for a Mariners rotation that has yet to coalesce because of injury.

38.   That, it would seem, would be a major boost to the Clinton campaign.

39.   The case, he said, got a major boost when Brewer testified, acknowledging he was at the scene and confirming he smoked and drank there.

40.   The decades-long effort to build a nuclear fusion reactor has received a major boost.